type conversion to date

I am calling function ModifiedDurObj(datetime dt) in c# code:

<xsl:value-of select="obj:ModifiedDurObj(substring($period_to, 1, 10))"/>

How can I convert substring($period_to, 1, 10) to datetime type?
Is that possible in XSLT 1?

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